Surprises, trips, and videos!!!

We've had a lot of wonderful things happening in our classroom lately. One of those was what I found while doing a little investigating......

Every student has a release form on file in the office that is part of their enrollment packet from the beginning of the year. It dawned on me that there may be something included for classroom photos and videos. So I told me self, "Self! We need to go check and figure this out." Low and behold there is!!!!! I may have actually did a little jump and dance once our fabulous secretary clarified for me that it does indeed include and cover teacher creations such as this blog! *woot! woot!* Let's all take a moment to celebrate *insert your own dance break!*

Now that that's over I invite you to see what we've been doing in our classroom with some examples that SHOW us doing it!


Miss Isbell my fabulous intern has been using Kahoot to review with our students. The kids are loving it.

The other day all of first grade went to the Milford Fish Hatchery and Nature Center. We got to look at Walleye in their different stages. We also got to check out the catfish and coy in the raceways. We went on a hike and used our senses to help. We did a hands-on program and even a scavenger hunt.

Lastly, this week we have been working on writing our own plays. Groups worked to create their own plays. They then performed them today!

 We have been having a blast. I can't believe the year is almost over. That leaves us so little time to squeezing in more amazing learning, activities, and fun. Don't worry though.....We're up for the challenge!
#ChallengeAccepted

Kid Bloggin' Wednesday: The Field Trip

We were going on a field trip. We watched The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We got to see people performing in costumes. We saw the Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle. We rode on a school bus. It was really fun. The bus was bumpy. On the bus we got to sit by our friends. There was a light on the bus when it was going.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar:

• It turned into a butterfly.
• The hungry caterpillar ate through a lot of food.
• The hungry caterpillar ate through one apple and two pears and it ate through three plums.
• It ate through five oranges.

The Little Cloud

• The Little Cloud was always left behind.
• The Little Cloud turned into a shark.
• The cloud is pretty!
• The cloud turned into other kinds of stuff.
• The little cloud was so funny because he turned into a sheep, an airplane, and a shark.
• Two big clouds said, "Little Cloud, Little Cloud, come back!" and then he came back and it rained.

The Mixed-Up Chameleon

• The chameleon had a lot of parts of the other animal parts.
• The chameleon turned different colors.
• The mixed-up chameleon was brown on the tree.
• The mixed-up lizard wished for all the animals parts but then he realized he couldn't get the fly then he wished to be himself again.
• When it was on the rose it turned red.

We saw a rainbow at the end. It was pretty and had lots of colors.  We lost the bus.